Centralization of power fuels fear of loss of liberty
Calvin Coolidge warns that federal control expands from employment to markets and wages, diminishing local self-government. He argues a shift toward government decision on prices and jobs will erode individual character and liberty, as the federal employment service spreads to every state and the District of Columbia. The piece profiles ongoing centralization in Washington and its perceived threat to freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Northampton
Maas
Calvin Coolidge
Washington
Congress
Federal Employment Service
District of Columbia
Nish
Addict Makers Fight Over Narcotics Policy
United States narcotics commissioner Harry J. Anslinger told the House appropriations committee that one physician in every hundred is a narcotic addict, a rate ten times the general population and rising. He urged full funding for the narcotics bureau and support for Senator McCarran's amendment to prosecute dope-peddling doctors. critics argue doctors and druggists share responsibility for narcotic evils and call for stricter physician prescription controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Anslinger
United States Commissioner of Narcotics
House Appropriations Committee
Federal
Narcotic Bureau
Congress
McGarran
Narcotics Bureau
House Committee
Nevada
McCarran
Hearst
Richard Washburn Child dies at 64 in Meriden era
The longtime diplomat and novelist Richard Washburn Child died at 64 after a sudden illness. A 1921 ambassador to Italy under Harding and continued under Coolidge, he befriended Mussolini in Rome and aided biographical writing of the dictator.
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Richard Washburn Child
Italy
Harding
Coolidge
Ialy
Mussolini
A S
Child
College trend shows educators’ decline while business path undervalued
A clipped passage from City College of New York notes a shift as students turn from education to medicine and other professions amid crowded fields. It argues colleges fail to steer graduates into business, despite its demand, deeming education’s aim to prepare youth for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waching
City College of New York
Teri Tne
Laverite
Waiting for Luck A Cautionary Tale of Readiness
A reflective meditation on how people anticipate big chances yet fear risk and delay action. It contrasts aspirations with hesitation, noting many miss opportunities by sticking to familiar patterns and doubting transformative chances. A skeptical voice warns readiness beats waiting for fate.
Stars and Strangeness in 1914 Film World and Rail Talks
A jumbled column notes Hollywood chatter, theater and film plans, and industry figures. Mae West, Mae West London appearances, Chertak and Mayer music influence, the Great Ziegfeld future projects, and talk of King George’s jubilee mix with Texas Good Roads leadership and cinema ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Anthony McGuinting
Jack Chertak
Dack
Metro-Rol?wyt-Mayer Music
My Seal Pictures
Zegfeld
Hollywood
King Grose
Mae West
London
Thry
Mary Ellis
Ealden
Lane Thrater
Sam
Adjournment Blocks Vote on Nomination in Senate
In Austin on February 4 a Senate adjournment halted immediate action on Governor James Y. Allred's nomination of Dallas County judge Sarah T. Mghes. The governor planned to preserve the nomination for consideration at the next session, while prominent figures including W. Fordyce of St. Louis and oil magnate with finance ties arrived in San Antonio.
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Austin
Senate
James Y. Allred
Sarah T. Mghes
Dallas County
Cous
Yam W. Fordyce
St. Louis
Halter, Talroad
San Antonin
Rio Grande Valley
Unclear fragment notes historic speech and origins debate
Fragmentary text references George Washington Lloyd George declaring he originated the idea of a fur now deal, mentions a grandfather and a remembered moment, with stray phrases about sunshine and tents. No clear event or context available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linyd Crorge
Nightlife and literary circuit drift through late era chatter
A tangled reminiscence traces New York figures and London telegraph chatter. It notes George Bernard Shaw’s letter, a talk in Gotham with Rogers, and a new book by a writer couple. It references Kathleen Norrly at Chatham, a Coward play, and Edgard Perkins’s stage bravura, with further musings on pulp authors, vaudeville acts, and changing touring fortunes.
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New York
Valensing Willains
London Telegraph
George Bernard Shaw
Gotham
Rogers
Jems Young
Tra Ecdiin
Kathleen Norrly
Chatham
Stavisky Affair and Paris Riots Overshadow France
A fragmented recap of the Stavisky scandal, Bayonne pawnshop fraud, and the ensuing Paris riots. It notes Stavisky’s links to officials, the 12 million franc Bayonne bonds fraud, police pursuit, and the French Republic’s political crisis as riots erupted with deaths and injuries.
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Mt Dinding
Prench Republic
Bayonne
France
Tur
Monsieur Stavisky
Third Republic
Paris
Stavisky
Kine Feas
Dynd
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Probaly
Nate
Iment
Joe Jie
Eeigreraman
Laat Manchekuo
Folssia
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Jess
Bera
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Hedda Hopper
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Holly Wood
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Avondale Avenue
Femple Mi
G. Aruban Linston
Tre Lor
SL. Mark's Episcopal Church
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Olympia
Quich
Toh
W. Warren
San Antonio
Texas Good Roads Association
PD. R. Caip
Homer
Helidayada
Texas
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Enio
George Washington
Fulton Outset
Grace Perkins
Palestine
Varatfon
Oursler
Joshua Todd
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J. Alen Dunn
Dashiell Hammett
Wie Pack Mask
Erle Stanley Gargnor
Edgar Wallace
Fred MacIsaac
Arthr J. Burks
Firel
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Marielle Gilman Corey
America
Wis
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O. C. McIntyre
Marcy
Steel Millionaire
Ty Paris
Count Bout Ute
al Jolson
Eddie Cantor
Othur
Lily White
McIntyre
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Moran
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Lkely
Les Dogkstacer
Toney Boy Evans
Neil O'Brien
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Timake
Bagatelles
Wil Rogers
Africa
Hieary Sell
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Harlem
Eddie Feabody
Fay King
Doris Kenyon
Bing Laraner
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Hendrik van Loons
Tevig Bachelor
Connecticut
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Fran Gage
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